Population growth in Cuba

The population of Cuba changed by -0.39% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2025 -0.39% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.02percentage points 2024: -0.36%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 194th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Cuba over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period CubaWorld
2025 -0.39% 0.91%
2024 -0.36% 0.96%
2023 -0.36% 0.93%
2022 -0.56% 0.87%
2021 -0.49% 0.83%
2020 -0.24% 0.98%
2019 -0.22% 1.05%
2018 -0.18% 1.08%
2017 -0.16% 1.13%
2016 -0.08% 1.16%
2015 -0.09% 1.18%
2014 -0.11% 1.21%
2013 -0.04% 1.23%
2012 0.01% 1.26%
2011 0.04% 1.22%
2010 0.02% 1.22%
2009 0.03% 1.25%
2008 0.04% 1.27%
2007 0.08% 1.26%
2006 0.14% 1.27%
2005 0.21% 1.27%
2004 0.26% 1.29%
2003 0.29% 1.29%
2002 0.30% 1.31%
2001 0.31% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.02 percentage points from -0.36% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.09%, the figure has changed by −0.29 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Cuba has the 194th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Cuba
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects